Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England created two new seats for Milton Keynes, effectively replacing the current South West/North East division with a North and South division from the 2010 general election.

The continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided for the 1992 general election into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes). The new South West constituency was taken by Barry Legg of the Conservatives, who lost the seat to Labour's Phyllis Starkey in the 1997 election.The Milton Keynes south west seat was abolished, and replaced with the Milton Keynes South seat for the 2010 general election. Phyllis Starkey ran for the Milton Keynes South seat, but lost to the conservative candidate Iain Stewart.